Dialog: Import SOLIDWORKS Sketch FB

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Dialog: Import SOLIDWORKS Sketch FB

Import SOLIDWORKS Sketch FB

See also : Add Import SOLIDWORKS Sketch FB

See also: CAD-Line > DXF tab

Use the Import SOLIDWORKS sketch FB to import sketches from a SOLIDWORKS document.

Limitations of this tool:

•Can import Lines and Arcs

•Cannot import Blocks, Parabolas, Ellipses, ...

•Maximum number of sketch-elements is approximately 20

•Construction and center-lines import as Lines

•Cannot import Constraints  

•All Points, Lines, and Arcs are Locked. To unlock, see Point Properties dialog.

tog_minusHow to open the Import SOLIDWORKS Sketch dialog
Import SOLIDWORKS Sketch FB in PART-EDITOR

Import SOLIDWORKS Sketch FB in PART-EDITOR

You add an “Import SOLIDWORKS sketch FB” as a child to a Part, in the Part-Editor.

1.Mechanism-Editor: Edit the Part to which you have added the Import SW sketch FB

2.Part-Editor: Double-click the Import SW sketch FB

OR

2.See How to Open a dialog

The Import SolidWorks Sketch dialog is now open.

Import SolidWorks Sketch dialog

Active sketch in SOLIDWORKS

Active sketch in SOLIDWORKS

STEP 1: In SOLIDWORKS

1.Edit a sketch in SOLIDWORKS to make it active

The image is an active sketch in SOLIDWORKS.

 

 

 
Import SolidWorks sketch dialog

Import SolidWorks sketch dialog

Sketch imported to MechDesigner

Sketch imported to MechDesigner

STEP 2.Import the active sketch from SOLIDWORKS

In the Import SolidWorks sketch dialog:

1.Click button Red-14-2

Document name Red-14-5 - a copy of the active SolidWorks document (SLDPRT) file-name

Sketch name Red-14-6 a copy of the active sketch name, as it is in the SolidWorks feature-tree

Button Red-14-3 is colorized.

2.Click button Red-14-3

WAIT until the SOLIDWORKS sketch shows in your Part-Editor.

Button Red-14-4 is now colorized.

If you edit the sketch in SolidWorks :

3.Click button Red-14-4 to Refresh, or Update the sketch

Note: To use the same Import SW sketch FB to import a different SolidWorks sketch:

4.Click button Red-14-1b to clear the Document name and the sketch-name from Red-14-5 and Red-14-6

This image shows the sketch-elements in MechDesigner.